Our three-year BSc (Hons) in Health and Social care course will help you make a positive impact on the daily lives of vulnerable people.
This undergraduate degree, delivered in excellent teaching facilities, offers you the opportunity to develop the values, practical skills and knowledge essential for a successful career in the global health and social care sector.
Led by our highly experienced and dedicated team, you will explore key principles such as professional values, ethical care practices, promoting physical and mental health, safeguarding, and advocating for diversity and inclusion. Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred care professional.
LOCATION
Regent College London
DURATION
3 Year
STUDY MODE
In person
FEES
£ 9,535 per year,
TIMETABLE
Flexible options with weekday, evening, and weekend classes available. Check when you apply.
Upon successfully completing this programme, you will be prepared for work in a wide range of statutory, voluntary and independent settings. These include:
⦁ Local authority teams
⦁ Health promotion projects
⦁ Refugee and asylum service hospitals
⦁ Sheltered accommodation
⦁ Hospices and day centres
⦁ Residential care units
In addition, graduates with a health and social care background are in a good position to be considered for careers in health education and health promotion, welfare, health research, community mental health and commissioning, and care management services.
Graduates may seek roles as service managers and coordinators, in advocacy, education and training, or as technicians and support workers helping children and families, older and disabled people, drug and alcohol abusers, and people with mental health problems.
This BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Degree will equip you with a range of key transferable employability skills, including written and verbal communication skills, IT skills, and the ability to work independently and in a team, research and data analysis skills, and the ability to provide support and guidance.
GCSE passes at grades A to C including English Language, and either a minimum of one A-Level at grades A to E, or a BTEC Level 3 Certificate or Diploma, or an Access to Higher Education Certificate awarded by an approved further education institution; or
A college-recognised certificated learning equivalent to the above. Where possible, Regent College London uses the NARIC database to determine equivalents to GCSE and A-Level qualifications; or
Normally, two or more years of work experience at a managerial/supervisory/admin-level role relevant to the programme you have applied for. This must be evidenced via a personal statement, work experience form and successful interview, and supported by an employment reference(s) indicating the duration of employment and the role.
You may be eligible to join an HNC programme if you have previous learning that satisfies the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the course you are interested in, normally with 90 credits (subject to syllabus studied previously). It is your responsibility to demonstrate this with objective evidence.
Prospective students who are not UK nationals, or who are UK nationals but do not have GCSE English Language at grades A to C, are required to take our English language assessment. If you hold IELTS grade 5.5, with both reading and writing at grade 5.5, you do not need to sit this assessment.
If you do not meet the required standard of English in the assessment, you will be offered an English language course to help you improve your English to the necessary level to gain admission to the Pearson HNC in Health Care Practice (Integrated Health and Social Care).
